Genesis 26:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.

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  • Gen 37:11 : 11 And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
  • Gen 12:16 : 16 And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.
  • Gen 13:2 : 2 Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.
  • 1 Sam 18:9 : 9 And from that day Saul was looking with envy on David.
  • Job 1:3 : 3 And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.
  • Job 5:2 : 2 For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.
  • Job 42:12 : 12 And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
  • Ps 112:3 : 3 A store of wealth will be in his house, and his righteousness will be for ever.
  • Ps 112:10 : 10 The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.
  • Ps 144:13-14 : 13 Our store-houses are full of all good things; and our sheep give birth to thousands and ten thousands in our fields. 14 Our oxen are well weighted down; our cows give birth safely; there is no going out, and there is no cry of sorrow in our open places.
  • Prov 10:22 : 22 The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
  • Prov 27:4 : 4 Wrath is cruel, and angry feeling an overflowing stream; but who does not give way before envy?

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  • Gen 26:12-13
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    12 Now Isaac, planting seed in that land, got in the same year fruit a hundred times as much, for the blessing of the Lord was on him.

    13 And his wealth became very great, increasing more and more;

  • 15 Now all the water-holes, which his father's servants had made in the days of Abraham, had been stopped up with earth by the Philistines.

  • Gen 30:42-43
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    42 But when the flocks were feeble, he did not put the sticks before them; so that the feebler flocks were Laban's and the stronger were Jacob's.

    43 So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.

  • 3 And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

  • 2 The man of wealth had great numbers of flocks and herds;

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    28 And store-houses for the produce of grain and wine and oil; and buildings for all sorts of beasts and flocks.

    29 And he made towns for himself, and got together much property in flocks and herds: for God had given him great wealth.

  • 16 And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.

  • Gen 24:35-36
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    35 The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.

    36 And when Sarah, my master's wife, was old, she gave birth to a son, to whom he has given all he has.

  • 7 For their wealth was so great that the land was not wide enough for the two of them and all their cattle.

  • Gen 30:29-30
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    29 Then Jacob said, You have seen what I have done for you, and how your cattle have done well under my care.

    30 For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?

  • 7 I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

  • 9 So God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me.

  • 2 Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; he was a great man and had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats: and he was cutting the wool of his sheep in Carmel.

  • Gen 13:5-7
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    5 And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;

    6 So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.

    7 And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

  • 20 And they took all the flocks and herds, and driving them in front of him, said, These are David's.

  • Gen 37:11-12
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    11 And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.

    12 Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.

  • 2 Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.

  • 15 Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.

  • 32 And these men are keepers of sheep and owners of cattle, and have with them their flocks and their herds and all they have.

  • 1 Now it came to the ears of Jacob that Laban's sons were saying, Jacob has taken away all our father's property, and in this way he has got all this wealth.

  • 1 Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

  • 13 And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort;

  • 30 Then the rulers of the Philistines went out to war: and whenever they went out, David did more wisely than all the other servants of Saul, so that his name became greatly honoured.

  • 2 And there he saw a water-hole in a field, and by the side of it three flocks of sheep, for there they got water for the sheep: and on the mouth of the water-hole there was a great stone.

  • 7 I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel.

  • 5 And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.

  • 9 And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,

  • 21 He made him lord of his house, and ruler over everything he had;